The development of vaccines and antimicrobial drugs and the remarkable eradication of smallpox had created hope that infectious diseases could be controlled or even eliminated. However, the current realization that infectious diseases continue to emerge and re-emerge (including the possibility of bioterrorism), underscores the challenges ahead in infectious disease research.
To help meet this challenge, research is ongoing in the Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology ( MVM) at Baylor College of Medicine ( BCM) on a number of emerging and re-emerging diseases, including influenza, Ebola, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS. This work encompasses both basic research in trying to understand more thoroughly how these agents cause disease and how the human immune system responds to these infections, and more directed research in developing and evaluating vaccines and other tools to prevent infection by these agents.
Click on a specific topic in the menu bar at the left or at the bottom of this page for general information about the agents that cause these diseases and specific research projects being performed by MVM investigators in these areas.
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